messroom
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of messroom
Example Sentences
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"Naw�you wouldn't," grumbles Wayne, eying the lad across a messroom with eloquent distaste.
From Time Magazine Archive
For Negroes, routine duty between wars had been in the messroom.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the messroom the gramophone is playing, “I'm going 'way back home and have a wonderful time.”
From High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by Hall, James Norman
He ate his breakfast in messroom No. 2 with the deck stewards and their boys and greatly enjoyed it, though his thoughts more than once turned enviously to the wireless operator.
From Tom Slade with the Colors by Clarity, Thomas
The three cadets gathered in the messroom and sipped hot tea, staring moodily into their cups.
From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis
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